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Publications
By merging the biological, physical and digital worlds, the Fourth Industrial Revolution is transforming...
This book is our sixth Small Wars Journal--El Centro anthology, covering writings published between 2016...
Executive Summary
Conflict prevention has a long history within the context of the international peace...
ATT Monitor is a project of Control Arms. The project was launched in January 2015 with the support of...
As cities get smarter, they are becoming more livable and more responsive—and today we are seeing only...
Three years into the 2030 Agenda it is already apparent that those living in fragile contexts are the...
Los enfoques que prometen ser “duros contra el delito” son atractivos para la opinión pública. Líderes...
There is growing recognition at the UN and among member states that peacekeeping must be made more effective,...
Many Latin American countries, states and cities are facing a chronic public security crisis.
The focus of this report is on the intended and unintended consequences of mano dura in Latin America,...
Brazil is not facing so much a conventional “armed conflict” as a systemic crisis of public security....
On July 10, 2017, the President of Guinea Bissau, José Mário Vaz, met politician Domingos Simões Pereira,...
Brazil’s contribution to United Nations (UN) missions started exactly 70 years ago, when Brazilian...
This article presents an analysis of the content of the National Plan of Action (NAP) on women, peace...
February, 2018
Current drug policy too often has a negative impact on communities and runs counter to...
The publication analyzes the increase in the child and youth homicides between 1980 and 2014 in Brazil.
This policy brief from the Igarapé Institute presents the historical roots and immediate causes of the...
This discussion paper takes a look at some of the key challenges facing global policymakers as they seek...
This publication analyzes Cuba's drug policy in the Twenty First Century: its challenges for an update...
Data-Driven Cities: 20 Stories of Innovation seeks to highlight how cities have achieved the use of data...
This article considers the state of insecurity in Rio de Janeiro, highlighting official trends in crime...
The Safe Cities Index 2017 is a report from The Economist Intelligence Unit sponsored by NEC.
This Report is an output of Know Violence in Childhood – an independent global learning initiative. The...
Multilateral development agencies have played a highly important role in the prevention and reduction...
The present publication is a Synthesis of the Spotlight Report of the Civil Society Working Group for...
Strategic Note about a relatively new phenomenon in international relations: since the nineties, there...
June, 2017
On 4 October 2016 Haiti was struck by a category five hurricane, the strongest such storm...
Pesquisadores e especialistas falam do tema sob os mais variados espectros da questão humanitária, do...
Latin American and Caribbean societies are among the most violent on earth. The problem appears to be...
April, 2017
Through interviews and research on primary and secondary data, the Strategic Article outlines...
March, 2017
This report resumes the event which examined the extent to which the country has incorporated...
Esta Nota Estratégica tem como objetivo destacar boas práticas na implementação de diferentes planos...
Drawing on interviews with Brazilian diplomats and official documents, this paper examines the context,...
Robert Muggah and other independent thinkers talk about global governance
Our research director, Rob Muggah, contributed to this publication of the World Economic Forum on the...
Adriana Erthal Abdenur and Rob Muggah contributed to the annual compilation of global peace operations...
In collaboration with UNDP, the Igarapé Institute has launched a new publication on cities and development
This paper aims at examining how francophone Africa presently perceives Brazil’s ambitions in light of...
[Em Espanhol] Esta publicación contiene textos sobre el proceso de paz en Colombia - y un prólogo escrito...
This Strategic Paper aims to discuss principles and practices for implementing body cameras for law enforcement...
this publication provides an overview of the Sustainable Development Goals as they relate to violence...
This policy brief revisits the country’s evolving role and strategic use of peacekeeping.
This publication gathers the results of surveys done in partnership with World Vision in 12 cities across...
Fifty-seven researchers from public safety sign this manifesto against the Bill 3722/12.
September, 2016
This article aims to identify the main impacts of drug law enforcement on policing....
This brief examines Brazil’s potential for preparing civilian experts to work in unstable contexts.
This publication presents strategies that help enhance resilience in cities experiencing fragility.
This book offers some fact based approaches to building sustainable peace.
This Strategic Note identifies key thematic features of Brazil’s long history of United Nations operations,...
The following report examines ways that companies can mitigate the risks of investing in fragile settings.